Elijah youngs



ELIJAH routiers., oF-fTUsoAnoRm NEW YORK.

Letters .Patentllm 80,'"794, dated August 4, 1868.

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To ALL WHOM ITMAY coNeEnN:

Be it vknown that I, ELIJAH YOUNGS, of Tuscarora, in the county of Livingstn, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mop and Clothes-Wringers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 4

in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy wringer applied to a common pail for the purposes of a mop-wringen Figure 2 isa side elevation of the same. V i Figure 3 is a plan of the same, to show a preferable arrangement of the pressureilevers. Figure 4 is an elevation of the ear and its socket-plate.l Figure 5'is an elevation and crosssectionof socket-plate.

Figure 6 is an elevation of earn-buttons. My inventiourelates to that class of wringers in which the rollers are pressed toward each other. by means of a treadle, upon which is placed the foot of the attendant, and it consists in the mode of mounting the various parts so that they may be readily attached to acommon pail without subjecting the same to undue strain. during the time of operation. d

My invention is equally adapted to the wringing of clothes or mops, and isespecially useful in the wringing of sucharticlesas bed-quilts, sheets, 85e. The only changes required to adapt the device to the one or the other purpose is in the form of the ears or supports, in which the rollers have their bearings to make said ears or lugs conform properly to the larger or smaller diameter oi' a tub or pail, Without destroying the parallelism of the bearings. v

If desirable, the lugs or cara-which support the rollers, may be made readily detachable, so that the same vessel may be ,employed for any o'f the ordinary purposes for which it is adapted.

That others may fully'understand my invention, I will particularly describe it A is the tub or pail, 'which serves as the receptacle for the water to be extractedlfrom the mop or other article. This tubmaybe constructed in Iany desirable way, either with staves, in a circular form, or rectangular. To the sides of the vessel A are attached the ears or lugs B, which support the journals ofthe squeezing-.rollers C C.

` The lugs B are made to extend a distance down the side of the vessel A suiiiciently far to receive the pivot D, upon which the trcadle-lever -E moves.

- The lever E may be made of a single bar of iron, bent in such form as will enclose the vessel A between its ends, andwithits central looprprojeeting some little distance -beyond the side oi' the vessel, sc as to ail'ord a convenient rest for the footv of the attendant, as shown inthe figures.

The c nds of the b'ar E are curved upward, so as to come elosebeside the ear or lug B on opposite sides of thc vessel A respectively, and the journals of the roller C pass through suitable holes made infthe ends of said bur. t

Thc'journals of the roller C also' pass through slots Fin the ears B, said slots' being segments' of circles struck from the centres of pivots Dfso that, as the treadle-lever E is moved upon said pivots, thejournals of the roller C are ear-ri'ed along said slots, which act as supports and guides to aid the lever E inresisting the irregular strains incident to the passage fof bodies of various thicknesses betweentlhe squeezing-rollers C Cf.

The ends of the treadle-lever may bc bent laterally alittle, so as'to cause them to pass inside` of' the lugs or ears B, as shown in lig. 3, by which arrangement the strains upon the journal of the roller C arebrought nearer to the ends of' rollers, and there isless liability of springing the journals than if the levers are arranged outside of the cars.

The treadle E may, oi course,` be made of other material than iron, and need not necessarily be made in one piece, and the ears or lugs B may likewise be made of wood or iron, as may by different persons be deemed preferable; the only essential -requisites bein-g that the curved slot F should bea' segment of a circle drawn about the centre, upon which'the treadle Imoves, and that the ends of the said treadle,whch`bear thejournals of the roller C', should move in arcsof the same circle.`

To make the vwringing-device easily removable from. the vesselA, a variety of devicesmay be employed; as, for instance, suitable lugs, or otherstops, may be Secured to the side of the pail to prevent lateral movements of the ear when in position, and said ear may be firmly retained in place by an eye and pin. But a fasteningwhich I have devised, -,and which I will now describe, Iprefer to all of the usual expediente adopted' in similar casos.A Y l The ear is made so that its lower end iits within the flanged edge of a plate, Gr, which thus forms a seat or socket enclosing thc edge of the loweiypart of the ear B, or that part of the same whichlaps over the vside of thevessel A. Theedge of the. ear B may bebevelled, and the angerof the plate G maybe made correspondingly inclined, so as'to form a dove-tailed recess for the ear B. The central portionof'the ear Blis4 made open, and to that part of the plate Gwhich is exposedb'y the opening through the ear, may be secured a cam-button, H, .which is so shaped that when it is-turned up the ear may be'withdrawn from its socket, but whenit'is turned down,vit will press against the edge of the ear and force it into its seat in the socket of the plate G, the camsurface of button then acting with the necessary power to force the ear home, and to retain it rigidly in place.

The plate G may be permanently attached to the pail or tub, and will not be `in -anywise objectionable in any use for which the pail or tub may be required. It' it should be deemed desirable by any person `to have the wringing-device. permanently attached, the ear B may be v screwed directly to the vessel, and the socket plate G dispensed with.

The foot-piece I may be used upon pails for the purpose of applying one of the feet to steady the pail while drawing the mop or article of clothing between the rollers.

To insert the mop -between the rollers, the lever Eis raised with the toe, and the mop inserted. The foot is then placed uponthe lever E, and the requisite pressure brought upon-L the rollers as the mop is withdrawn. The'operation in regard to the other articles is the same.

By the use of the ears B, the strain of squeezing a mop or other article is not imposed upon the hoops and staves of the pail to so large a degree as when the commou'meth'ods are adopted, and it will be found'ver'y' desirable to be able readily to remove the wringer from the vessel to which it must be attached while in oper# ation. l Y

Thel method of producing the proper pressure -by the foot'is very desirable, because. the amount of pressure can then be always and instantlyy regulated by the operator.` The curved slot F enables me to employ a much lighter lever than would otherwise be the case, as it supports and regulates the movements of the rollers to or from'each other.

Having described my invention, what 4I claim as new, is- 1. The ear B, provided with the slot F, ,curved as described and for the purpose s et forth. 2. The combination of the ears B B, provided with slots F F, curved as described, with the rollers C C', und the lever E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. '-The socket-plate G, provided with a cam-button, H, or its equivalent, in combinationwith the ear B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I l

ELIJAH YOUNGS. Witnesses:

R.- D. O. SMITH', It. S. TURNER. 

